Carolina will have to shoot the ball better, no doubt about it. Even if Armando Bacot plays at Louisville Saturday, he will not be fully recovered from his sprained ankle for weeks, maybe deeper into the regular season. It was last summer before AB was 100 percent back from spraining his ankle at the Final […]

Dré Bly’s departure is not a total surprise. The UNC cornerbacks coach and former Tar Heel All-American leaving had to be tough for Mack Brown, who likes to say “coming to Carolina is not a 4-year commitment, it’s a 40-year commitment.” But in athletics, the phrase “parting ways” is code for a firing, and on […]

You know the bad news, so let’s get to the unexpected good news. The Tar Heels don’t break a seven-straight losing streak at Virginia when their All-American goes out with a bad left ankle sprain 1:18 after tip-off. Armando Bacot did not return, but it resulted in freshman Jalen Washington breaking out with 12 points […]

Mack Brown’s coaching staff could have more changes. Brown said Monday that he was forced to hire a new offensive coordinator and line coach as soon as possible because Phil Longo and Jack Bicknell sprung it on him that they were leaving for Wisconsin. “It totally surprised me,” Brown said of Longo’s phone call. “I’m […]

What would have happened if Sam Howell had started for the Commanders earlier? Howell got his long-awaited opportunity to start for his new NFL team. And his performance bodes well for Washington having a new QB1 for the 2023 season. It was a meaningless game for the Commanders, who had been eliminated from the playoffs […]

The ACC is balanced again, but is it good or just average? Last year, ACC Basketball took hits from almost the beginning to the end of the season, when all the data used by the NCAA tournament selection committee yielded only five bids among the 15 schools. And then two of those teams – regulars […]

The Tar Heels stood tall by going small against pesky Wake Forest. It began when Pete Nance left the game in the first two minutes with a back injury, and Hubert Davis went to his bench earlier than usual. He played little-used senior Justin McKoy, big-time freshman recruit Jalen Washington and inconsistent junior Puff Johnson, […]

As we ring in 2023, let’s look back on some past Tar Heel teams. We’ve all played the game of where we were so many years ago. Why don’t we use the round number 10 and attach it to the 2012-13 school year? Carolina football was just beginning the Larry Fedora era, after Butch Davis […]

Damar Hamlin’s injury was horrifying but somewhat familiar. The way Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field that led to the stoppage of their Monday night game with the Cincinnati Bengals may have resonated with UNC football fans. Those who were at Kenan Stadium when official Jim Knight lay motionless on the field […]

Beware, this isn’t the fluke Pitt basketball team of a year ago. The Tar Heels resume ACC play for good Friday at noon at Pittsburgh, which suddenly has become a team to watch after nearly firing head coach Jeff Capel after last season’s dismal 11-21 record, 11th in the ACC (at 6-14). The highlight of […]